The novel by the classic of modern American literature Don DeLillo (b. 1936) “White Noise” is a comedy about fear, death and technology. Death cannot be denied. Every day it penetrates consciousness from television screens and the pages of tabloid newspapers. Every day it penetrates the body with doses of medicine and acid rain. Human consciousness is disintegrating under the onslaught of advertising and weather forecasts. We are afraid of death - and we continue to live. Despite the White Noise of Death...White Noise was awarded the US National Book Award in 1985.